Scientific American editor Michael Moyer recently appeared on Fox News for a segment called "Futuristic Trends: What will be possible in the years to come?" He planned to say that climate change will have the biggest impact of any current trend.

No, Fox News told him. You'll have to talk about something else. Moyer did the interview to discuss some other recent SA articles. Afterwards, he revealed Fox's censorship, tweeting that they wouldn't let him talk about climate change. Their response? The Fox & Friends hosts launched an even longer segment than his original interview to call him a "coward" and encourage their viewers to send him angry tweets!

Scientific American is dedicated to scientific journalism and the pursuit of the truth. Learn more about the attacks against Moyers from this article, then share the thank-you note with your friends so they can get his back too!

Fox News sicced the Twitter trolls on a Scientific American editor on Thursday, a day after he revealed he was asked not to discuss climate change during an appearance on "Fox & Friends." The hosts of "Fox & Friends" took their revenge against editor Michael Moyer on air Thursday morning for tweeting about his uncomfortable experience on the show. As host Steve Doocy put it, "we put him on, we have a nice conversation and then he stabs us in the back." The show even aired a photo of Moyer's appearance along with the text "'Scientific' Coward." But the hosts didn't stop there. They also asked viewers to tweet at Moyer if they didn't like the way he handled his appearance. And browsing through Twitter on late Thursday morning showed Fox viewers had responded en masse. Some told Moyer to "lighten up" while at least one slammed the editor's "climate psychic hotline style crystal ball doomspeak." For his part, Moyer told TPM in an email Thursday that he's "not planning to…Read More